Keno was first played in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of time appeared to be looking at a national famine with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a rapid response for the financial disaster and to produce money for his forces. He therefore invented the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno used to be referred to as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger locations to the smaller towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the US for work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is normally enjoyed with 80 numbers in most of American land based casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is mainly liked today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of wagering the game and the basic fact that there are little expertise required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of coming away with a win are appalling, there is always the possibility that you will win quite big with little gaming investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are selected each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can pick from two to ten numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the United States since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gaming in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When a law passed that taxed off track betting, casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.